Site AdministratorHave you always been curious just who is behind the pens (well, the keyboards) of USCHO? Here’s your chance to find out. Meet your favorite USCHO personalities at the social event of this year’s Frozen Four -the USCHO Town Social. The USCHO Town Social will take place Friday, April 7, at Buck Bradley’s Saloon and … Read more
This weekend, Michigan freshman defenseman Jack Johnson showed why he was the third pick overall in last year’s NHL Draft. Besides his physical gifts, Johnson’s ability to step up his game when it matters most has the Wolverines riding high heading into Joe Louis Arena for the CCHA Semifinals next weekend.
The final three for the Patty Kazmaier Award has an exclusively international flavor for the first time ever. Wisconsin junior forward Sara Bauer (St. Catharines, Ont.), St. Lawrence sophomore forward Sabrina Harbec and Minnesota-Duluth junior goaltender Riitta Schaublin (Basel, Switzerland) were named the three finalists for the 2006 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award by USA Hockey … Read more
The grunt work is done for these Terriers, and it was done well. After their businesslike disposal of UMass-Amherst on Jack Parker’s 61st birthday, the third-ranked Icedogs are done with home games and sub-.500 teams. It is now time to put up or shut up. To win championships or go home. And we know what … Read more
A decisive sweep of Alaska-Anchorage in the first round of the WCHA playoffs kept Minnesota at No. 1 in the USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll for a sixth straight week Monday. The Gophers again received 39 of 40 first-place votes, followed by Miami, which swept away Western Michigan in the CCHA quarterfinals, at No. … Read more
The Wisconsin Badgers added the WCHA Tournament championship to the regular season title they garnered this season. Their 4-1 victory over Minnesota secured the crown that slipped away in overtime last year. Forward Cyndy Kenyon and defensemen Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Emily Morris, and Meaghan Mikkelson each scored goals for the Badgers (33-4-1). Wisconsin’s power play was … Read more
North Dakota scored 47 seconds into its third game with Minnesota State, then put goalie Jordan Parise on cruise control to earn a 3-0 win and a trip to the WCHA Final Five. After a 3-2 overtime loss in the first game of the best-of-3 series, UND needed two wins over MSU or risked seeing … Read more
Since playing Brown on Nov. 13, Minnesota’s competition has been exclusively WCHA rivals. Over the last two weekends, the Gophers have played their fifth and sixth games against with Minnesota State, followed by their fifth each against both Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin. So when the brackets for the NCAA tournament were announced, the Gophers welcomed the … Read more
Cheers roared out of the St. Cloud State locker room following its series-clinching 3-1 victory over favored Colorado College on Sunday night. And the heavy steel door was closed. The Huskies advanced to their first WCHA Final Five since 2002, knocking off the fifth-seeded Tigers and setting themselves up for a Thursday matchup against Minnesota-Duluth. … Read more
Given that Harvard and Brown played to 1-1 and 0-0 draws during the regular season, and each team pulled ECACHL semifinal upsets on the strength of goaltending, there was reason to believe their league final would be a low-scoring game. But anyone who believed that turned out to be wrong. With an NCAA autobid on … Read more
No. 5 Michigan State can finally pack its bags for Detroit. The Spartans raced out to a 5-2 lead after two periods and never looked back, beating Alaska Fairbanks by a 7-4 score in a third, and final, CCHA quarterfinal game. Captain Drew Miller tallied a hat track for MSU, which will face rival Michigan … Read more
Colgate will make an unprecedented third straight trip to Albany after beating Quinnipiac in Game 3 of their ECACHL quarterfinal series, 4-0, on Sunday at Starr Rink. With the win, the Raiders (20-11-6) clinched a third straight 20-win season for the first time in school history. The Bobcats, meanwhile, finished their inaugural season in the … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth scored four goals in a span of 3:45 in the second period to erase a Denver lead, handing the back-to-back NCAA national champion Pioneers a 5-2 loss Sunday in front of 3,382 fans at Magness Arena. UMD’s win secured a 2-1 series victory for the Bulldogs (11-24-4) in the first round of the WCHA … Read more
After a blowout on Friday evening and a nailbiter on Saturday, the Harvard Crimson (19-11-2) and the St. Lawrence Saints (21-17-2) met at the Bright Hockey Center for the deciding game of their ECACHL quarterfinal series Sunday, where the Crimson took an 8-4 win to advance to the ECACHL championships in Albany, N.Y. From the … Read more
Niagara forward Matt Carruana had been knocking on Robert Morris’ door all throughout this nail biter of the semifinal CHA match-up. With 1:08 remaining, Carruana opened the door with a clutch deflection for Niagara’s third goal and sent the Purple Eagles on through to the championship game. It was a game of inches but nothing … Read more
Mercyhurst broke open its Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal with four goals in the third period to defeat Canisius 7-2 Saturday evening at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The win, in just the second-ever playoff meeting between the teams, sends the Lakers to next weekend’s Atlantic Hockey semifinals. Mercyhurst defenseman Jamie Hunt sent a shot from the top … Read more
Minnesota’s rookies exploded Friday, starting with a three-goal outburst in the first period on the way to a 6-2 victory over Alaska-Anchorage that completed a Gopher sweep of the Seawolves in their WCHA first-round series. All six Minnesota goals on the evening were scored by freshmen. “It was a freshman night for us tonight.” said … Read more
One night after surrendering three goals in the first period, Michigan Tech freshman goalie Michael-Lee Teslak returned to his post and stopped all but one of the 30 UW shots fired his way. Unfortunately for him, the junior at the other end of the ice did him one better. Brian Elliott stopped all 19 Husky … Read more
If you didn’t see Michigan face off against Ferris State on Saturday night, it didn’t matter — the sounds of the game told the whole story. It started right before the national anthem, when a fan yelled, “Three more years, Jack,” begging freshman standout Jack Johnson that it wouldn’t be his last start at Yost … Read more
Goggin Ice Arena closed its doors to Miami hockey on Saturday night, and the RedHawks gave it the most fitting of sendoffs, clinching a berth in the CCHA championship at Joe Louis Arena with an overtime winner off the stick of freshman Alec Martinez to down Western Michigan, 5-4. Miami’s last trip to Joe Louis … Read more